Welcome!  If you're stumbling upon this blog then we have reached the point where we are actually going BACK in time. No, really. This is where this all started, here on blogspot, though by another name. That blog has since met its end with the onset of Facebook. But with Facebook's recent stalkerish news feed, I think this is the safest way to share information and pictures with family because who really needs to see what I say to each and every one of my online friends at the exact moment I say it? No one. I don't even need that information. This is a safe space for family updates, hopefully filled with happy family updates and pictures, though I've never been one to shy away from painful or difficult topics. This is just our story the way we wish to tell it. Maybe this blog will have multiple authors, too. That is my hope.

I bought a wall ornament for G the other day. It's a peace sign, her favorite symbol, and it says, "PEACE - in your heart, in your home, in the world."  Every time I read it I breathe more deeply, my heart rate slows, and I feel calm. World peace is cliche, it's true, but at the heart of things that is what most of us want most of the time. What IS peace, though? And how do we create it? I think peace is a calm acceptance and a mindful act of kindness towards others and ourselves. What does living peacefully mean to you?